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What Is Tapping: Emotional Freedom Technique

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Hi Sweet Readers,

My dear friend Nick Ortner visited me a few weeks ago to film a Chat & Chew episode about one of my favorite stress reduction and physical healing techniques — Tapping. Nick and his team have brought the power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT, aka Tapping) to millions of people, and now they’re bringing it to us.

Get ready for an amazing experience!

Why is it called “Tapping”?

Because with EFT you literally tap on acupressure points (your body’s meridian points) while saying simple affirmations and focusing on a particular negative emotion, trauma, addiction or event (the list of possibilities goes on and on). This powerful combination of ancient Chinese medicine, modern psychology and positive reprogramming is changing lives every day by helping people resolve and finally move past their greatest mental and physical blocks. I invited Nick to my home to share this life-changing practice with you.

 

In this video, Nick and I introduce you to Tapping basics and teach you how to tap step-by-step.

It’s so easy, anyone can do it anywhere. You can start right now — just watch the video to learn how.

Backstory: A few years ago, I discovered EFT for the first time.

It seemed like I couldn’t speak with a colleague or open a newsletter without hearing about Tapping and its incredible healing power. Tapping was on my mind. I was curious. So, I listened to my gut and packed my bags for an EFT retreat near my home. The experience that followed was nothing short of miraculous.

I’ll never forget the swift transformations that occurred in just a few days as hundreds of people learned to tap and began dealing with emotional, mental and physical issues that had been deeply impacting their well-being for weeks, years, even decades.

Over the course of the weekend, I got to know Nick and his phenomenal team, and we’ve been as close as siblings ever since. Nick is my personal Tapping coach, and he’s even joined me on some of my Crazy Sexy retreats and worked with cancer patients to address the fear, depression and other challenges that come along with diagnosis.

emotional freedom technique tapping

If you’ve never heard of Tapping before, please approach this practice with an open heart and mind. It looks silly. It feels silly. But only at first.

When you begin experiencing the benefits of EFT, I think you’ll come to embrace it as a gift.

Tapping is my touchstone. It’s there to calm my nerves, mend my heart and center my mind. I tap before walking on stage and speaking to a crowd of thousands, I tap when I can’t sleep at night, I tap before a cancer scan, and I tap when I’m just plain old sad, mad and scared. We’re human and we need tools to deal with all the stress that comes along with being human. I hope you’ll add Tapping to your fabulous, sparkly tool belt. I know it’ll help.

Nick was also one of my amazing guests for the first-ever Healing Cancer World Summit. Using information I compiled from this event, I created a modern-day guide to help you in your cancer journey that you can find here.

Lastly, I hope you’ll voice your questions and share your experiences with Tapping in the comments below. See you there!

Peace & meridians,

 
 
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  1. Jasmine says:

    Thank you for this video!! It’s exactly what I needed. I had a stressful phone call about an hour before I saw the video and my anxiety levels were an 8 on a scale from 1-10 (pretty high), I watched the video, and followed the tapping excercises. I felt so at ease when I finished, and it really did bring my anxiety down a bit. This is something I will definitely continue exploring, and passing the information along.
    Thank you Kris, you’re such an inspiration to us all!!

  2. Allison says:

    Thank you for sharing, Kris. This is really powerful stuff. I watched the Louise Hay video on the EFT summit website too and all I can say is… wow. Lots of love to you! xoxo

  3. Leigh says:

    What a blessing to see this video and utilize a great practice. I’ve noticed that when I’m bored, I tend to eat and I’m trying to avoid most processed sugars as well. When the cravings hit, it’s a 10 and I sometimes give in but then that craving dies down after a few minutes. How useful a tool is EFT when that craving hits!!! I also have pain and stress that revolve around my chronic illness and financial burden and I think this tool will help tremendously. Thank you!!

  4. Belinda says:

    I love your Chat & Chews! This was awesome! Have not been doing tapping much, so eager to learn at the summit & do more of it! Cannot wait! Kris, lookin hot! Can’t wait to see you at I can do it IGNITE NYC! Since we’re all being blunt here, w/ Kris glueing on affirmations onto a pill of $h*t…The shift you guys talk about sounds awesome & similar to orgasms. Am I allowed to say that on here? The truth, jus sayin, it’s the truth. Tapping, EFT, what a cool concept!

  5. Nicole Martin says:

    First time I hear about this technique. I would like to know if something exists in french. I do understand english a little, but I would like to get the exact technique, and what I have to tell myself while doing it. I’m not sure I understand correctly what I have to say.

    I hope that my english is not so bad, that you can understand what I’m trying to explain.

    Thank you very much !

  6. Lori Thomas says:

    I attended the event your recently spoke at in Las Vegas. I loved your segment and have shared your website with my nephew who has stage 4 terminal cancer (melonoma) He is 34 years old with a wife and 3 small kids. He had just graduated with his degree for surgical nursing when he was diagnosed. I think your books would be a blessing for him to read. Lori

  7. Kevin Decoteau says:

    I am willing. That is where I am at this moment. I am excited to learn about tapping or EFT and see what happens. I know that some type of shift is happening in my life yet I have no idea what it is. Maybe EFT will show it to me. We’ll see.

  8. I can’t believe I’ve never done this before! I had another page open with Louise and Nick at the same time that I saw this link on Facebook, so clearly…when the student is ready, the teacher appears (twice in one week)! I am going to be doing this constantly. I’m going to be a tapping freak. I feel like running around and telling everyone about this! I feel like such a dork but I can’t contain my excitement! Thank you thank you thank you, Kris. You are amazing, you are awesome, and OF COURSE you deserve to be up there speaking! You are inspiring millions!!! XOXO

  9. Martine says:

    Does in matter which side you begin with or you do alternate left and right for as long as it takes to feel calm at that time? All the points each session or can you do your hand when in tight moment? Thank you so much for this resource, Kris. I’ve been interested for years but never gotten around to researching this and as I’ve proclaimed this my inner wellness year, I’m excited for new tools.

    Much peace and love!

  10. Fran saviano says:

    Chris you are amazing. You help so many of us. With a diagnosis comes greater emotional than physical pain and our treatment doesnt address that. So thank you for teaching us how to cope!!

  11. Lauren says:

    This is a completely new concept to me. It sounds incredible. You put together such a wonderful video, describing the purpose of tapping, summarizing the methods and the intended effect. I am really excited to continue to read and watch more about tapping. I think it is a tool that could be effective for a wide audience. Thanks to both of you for introducing this concept!!! I am so grateful. Kris, I can’t put into words how much your books, blogs, and videos have changed my life in the past few years. Thanks again.

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  12. Tove B says:

    I have just started following you and I started to read your book (crazy sexy diet) and love everything about you and what you share with us. I myself always feel anxiety when Im going to speak in front of a group (even a group with ten people) and I think this could be a good thing for me! Thank you for being you! / Tove (all the way from Sweden)

  13. Jessika G says:

    Kris, I have already signed up for the summit, thank God it’s free, too… I recently heard about tapping on one of your videos I was watching on YouTube and I thought it sounded interesting. Thanks for being an inspiration to me. When I hear what you have to say, I always feel empowered, like I can accomplish anything, including perfect health!

  14. Beth says:

    I followed along in the video trying tapping for the first time and almost immediately burst into tears. Looks like this is something I should be doing all the time! Thanks for spreading the word.

  15. Jess DC says:

    wow i started the tapping technique few months ago and fells great! i am so excited about the tapping summit. thanks for sharing 🙂

  16. Kim Sweatt says:

    Hi! I was introduced to you through your book, Crazy Sexy Cancer, that was lent to me by a family member 1-1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with invasive melanoma. I loved your book and have since purchased your cookbook and juice/smoothie recipes.

    I was very excited to see that you are doing EFT. I have recently become an EFT practitioner and I’m starting my own business with EFT and Reiki. I’m hoping to add hypnotherapy to it this summer. Business cards and website are in the works!

    Take care,

    Kim

  17. KORN says:

    Damn. Do I feel silly ; and although I have been mocked by both humans and felines in my household. I will continue to do the exercises. Since I have stress coming out…the ears.
    Thanks for the hot tip!
    KORN

  18. Sarah says:

    Thank you for this video. I felt like I was sitting right there with you! I intend to merge this into my daily routine of self help and share with my daughter too…you know, teen angst 🙂 I look forward to learning and sharing more. What a gift.

  19. Wencke says:

    Hi Kris,

    This is the first time I have heard about Tapping and am thrilled to join the Summit. You have been changing my life over the last few months and I am loving it. I just got the Crazy Sexy Diet and Crazy Sexy Kitchen for christmas and have been immersed in the books ever since. Even my mum caught on to the lifestyle changes I did and was wondering if your books are also in German. I have to check that 😀

    Thank you soooo much for your sparkling and fun-tastic personality and your strengths.

    Wencke

  20. Robin says:

    Wow! The Universe providing the information I needed, reaffirming at precisely the right moment!

    A friend introduced me to tapping about 6 months ago, and of course I keep reading about it here and there, but I watched this video today while being enmeshed in thoughts from Marianne Williamson’s “A Course In Weight Loss” (a book suggested when I ordered Chris Karr’s Crazy Sexy Kitchen). Thank you beautiful souls!

    My life is at such a crossroads and struggle seems to be the norm and I know this is the darkest before the dawn but I am ready! I am ready for change – even as much as I hate change and fear the unknown! Here I come!

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